Vancouver’s Most Awesome: John Furlong

If you’re not familiar with John Furlong then you probably haven’t been around our city – or our country for that matter – for very long. He led the bid for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games and was the CEO of the thing from start to finish. He wrote a memoir about his experience which I reviewed HERE and which I recommend you pick up. We’re honoured to introduce you to a few of the things that Mr Furlong considers to the be the Most Awesome in his city!

Photo: Courtesy D+M Publishers

What makes Vancouver awesome?
It has all the essential elements of the great cities of the world.

Who’s your favourite Vancouverite of all time?
I have never known a better one than Jack Poole

Who’s your all time favourite Canucks player?
Markus Naslund.

Could you possibly sum up your 2010 Winter Games experience in one sentence?
It was a notch above all I had hoped for.

Aside from Vancouver 2010, what do you think the most successful Winter Games have been, and why?
Salt Lake… it was the perfect learning environment for us and we won double gold in hockey.

Bob is our founder and Editor in Chief. An outdoorsman and family man with 20+ years of professional experience in online publishing, he hosts our "BC Was Awesome" history TV show and is currently writing a book of the same name, releasing in 2018 on Arsenal Pulp Press.